Jonas Mekas Quotes

As a film-maker and a poet, I feel it's my duty to be an eye and an antenna to what's happening around me. I always felt a solidarity with those who are desperate and confused and misused and are seeking a way out of it.

Jonas Mekas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: December 24, 1922

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I am sure I was an evolutionist in the abstract, or by the quality and complexion of my mind, before I read Darwin, but to become an evolutionist in the concrete, and accept the doctrine of the animal origin of man, has not for me been an easy matter.

John Burroughs

QualityManI AmAnimalMindMe

Passion and true passion is actually very unpredictable. It heads in unexpected directions because it's constantly seeking out new challenges. But what's really interesting is that passion ultimately is necessary for sustained extreme performance improvement.

John Hagel III

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I'm born in Liverpool, I'm a Liverpool supporter.

Steven Gerrard

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The Obama Justice Department has decided to cease the prosecution of the Muslim Brotherhood's U.S.-based front groups, identified as unindicted coconspirators in the Holy Land Foundation case - the largest terrorism finance case in U.S. history.

Trent Franks

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We all have different musical instincts, and I think they're precious and should be respected.

Tony Levin

ThinkPreciousDifferentInstincts

I was the token bumpkin. It became, 'Let's get that Clark guy. He's easy to get along with.'

Roy Clark

EasyGuyAlongGetHeToken

I am not a total, complete nitwit when it comes to selling books. I promise you there will be unexpected things. Some of them I don't know yet. She's writing it all herself.

Mary Matalin

I AmWritingUnexpectedYouKnow

It's kind of scary sometimes, I've seen this a lot in Asia. Children are given music lessons, very intensively I might add and involving great technical expertise sometimes, but you can tell that they have been told only to play happy pleasant music.

Michael Tilson Thomas

MusicChildrenGreatHappyYouPlay

The Arab League tells us to go in and take out Qaddafi. We've spent billions of dollars already with respect to the Arab League. Billions of dollars, because they told us to do it. Why aren't they paying for it? They don't like Qaddafi, Qaddafi's been a terrible thorn in their side.

Donald Trump

RespectGoWhyOutSideTake

An actor equals, sometimes, an entitled baby. People take care of things for me, and they pay greater attention to things than I was ever capable of doing. But in the last few years, I have learned a great deal more about taking care of things. I pay my own bills now.

Christian Slater

GreatPeopleMeBabyCareTake Care

Our country has made a promise to our veterans: if you serve your country, then 'we've got your six.' We will have your back for life. I will always fight for the more than 250,000 veterans here in Arkansas.

Conner Eldridge

LifeFightYouBackCountryWill

With expectations, when you throw that stuff out there, when you put a bunch of pressure on yourself to reach those goals, you don't do anything different. You just keep working to get better.

Chuck Pagano

GoalsYourselfExpectationsBetter

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